Birthday Facial for Hubby - 28 Nov 2007

Happy Birthday Hubby!

A facial for hubby as his birthday present.
This is the first time that hubby had ever tried a facial, so he was kind of 'gan-siong'.

Let's start......




Wah, face now so smooth and clear.

Facial was by my beautician Eileen, who's salon is in Toa Payoh.
She's having a promotion now which cost $68/- which includes a free gift of a UV cream which already cost $60/-. So if you are interested, you can call her at 9877-7604.

Hubby's pre-birthday treat at Merchant Court Hotel - 25 Nov 2007

Hubby's parents gave him an early birthday treat at the Merchant Court Hotel which is famous for their durian paste/cream. The durian cream was absolutely yummy - light and not too sweet. Another recommendation is the Jembelak Crumple - very, very good.



Tuck in!

Ya, I look so greedy with 3 plates on table - hey, the waiter was not clearing fast enough.

Hubby looking rather sleepy even though he ate very little compared to his usual portion.


OK, now to go home and have a little afternoon nap after the satisfying buffet.

Contemporary Australian Jewellery & Holloware at NAFA - 23 Nov 2007

The best of contemporary Australian jewellery and metalwork art by the country's most celebrated practitioners known for their innovative use.

Curator lecturing on the different types of materials used and design development.

Vanessa Raimondo
Neck Piece - 'Stranded'
PVC plastic, polyester
The white piece is a necklace. See above pic - the slide which showed how the neck piece looks like.

Demonstration by one of the artiste on how she makes her items without fusing or soldering.


She draws out the design on computer and have it cut out with grooves so that she can fit it together - like lego bricks.


Rowena Gough
A necklace made of mother-of-pearl shell buttons
Sean O'Connell
"Pink Glow Worm" bracelet made of acrylic, stainless steel, spring sheet.

A close-up look of the buttons necklace.


A close-up look of the bracelet.




These bags are made of silver!
It looks translucent and flexible.


Robert Foster
The tall one is a vase made of stainless steel base with anodised aluminium wings.
The short one is a Swan Coffee Pot. So cool!


Daehoon Kang
Such a cute teapot - made of copper, brass and mokumegane.


Karl Millard
Bet you can't guess what these are.
Gave up? Its' pepper-grinder! You twist the horns to grind the peppers.


Chris Mullins
Bowl made of anodised aluminium(green), stainless steel cable.


Vicki Mason
'Commonwealth Native Wreath"
Commissioned for the Commonwealth Games 2006 Hand-dyed PVC(tree guard sleeve), silk, 9ct yellow gold, 22ct yellow gold plated sterling silver (below).
I thought it was made of feathers.


Andrew Last
The 3 coloured baskets.

NAFA Jewellery Designing/Drawing Assessments

 Re drawing : I have no formal study on drawings, that is how to sketch and shade etc. 
I searched online and bought books to research. All the drawings and ideas that you see here are self-taught with no outside party inputs.

Most of the students in my class as well as from another class were already very good in free hand drawings. I don't know if they had already taken drawing classes before or natural talent.

I felt down as I felt that I was not up to par. I then searched online as well as bought books on how to draw perspectives and colour to make drawings more 3D, like how to highlight and draw shadows.
I figured that if I had to show my drawings, at least it's presentable and not be a laughing stock.

I was so surprised and happy when my drawings were deemed the best among the two classes - it proved to myself that if I put in the hard work, I can do it !

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Final assessments of students' drawing abilities and our idea/design development today.

I got the top score in my jewellery designing class!
I am elated cos I don't expect to be the top scorer as there are other students who are good too.

Jewellery Designing Class - 2007

Drawings all lined up to be judged.

Mine on the table.

A close-up look at my designs :

2nd Assessment - 20 Nov 2007Fine/Gala Jewellery Set :

Contemporary Jewellery set :

My 1st assessment on September 2007 :

Contemporary Ring

Wedding Ring

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) - 17 Nov 2007

"INDIAN ART"

Oops, it's not hubby.....

These figurines are made of paper-mache!

"AFFANDI - A PAINTER OF GENIUS"
One of Indonesia's most celebrated modern artist.


It's called "Erotic".


"Three Moods"



"RE-WOVEN" by Benny Ong
Buddhist-inspired silk weavings.

Buddha portrayed with angel wings - Buddha and Archangel Gabriel as one.


Meditative hands

Mercedes-Benz Exhibition at NAFA - 17 Nov 2006

Table showcasing product development.


A Design Modeler.
She demonstrated the techniques of using clay to model a car.




Went to this exhibition showcasing MB and how they create the essence of a MB - that is when you see the car, you know it's a MB.
Sadly, in my opinion, the new range of the MB are now looking like any other Jap cars externally. When you go to a car-park and see the rows of parked cars, frankly you can't pick out which is a MB car unless you get closer and see the insignia.
I prefer the older MBs range - when you see it, you know it's a MB - it's more distinct and have more character.